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[[Image:LifeDay2.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Wookiees celebrating Life Day on Kashyyyk by the Tree of Life.]]
'''Life Day''' was the [[fiction|fictional]] [[Wookiee]] [[holiday]] celebrated by the inhabitants of [[Kashyyyk]]. It was originally featured in ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' with it's airing in 1978. 

Unlike most aspects of the normally well-crafted ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[universe]], Life Day is utterly expedient, inserted into the show to provide a very basic goal for the [[hero]]es, and lend a bit of topical relevance to the material, which would otherwise be completely inappropriate for a [[television]] holiday special.

==Appearances==

[[Image:LifeDay1.JPG|thumb|right|225px|Wookiees, including Chewbacca and his family, approaching the celebration in ''The Star Wars Holiday Special''.]]

===The Holiday Special===

''The Star Wars Holiday Special'' gives us some insight into the customs of Life Day.  [[Chewbacca]]'s [[wife]] prepares a feast, [[gifts]] are exchanged between acquaintances, [[candle]]s are burned [[ritual]]istically, and Wookiees don red [[robe]]s and join into groups to observe the day. [[Singing]] is involved.

===Printed media===

Another source which gives us a view of Life Day for the Wookiees is the [[1979]] children's book, ''The Wookiee Storybook''. This book tells us that on this holiday, a certain fruit is sacred to the wookiees as part of their feasting ceremonies. In the 1979 [[Russ Manning]] newspaper comic strip ''The Kashyyyk Depths'', the regular cast of ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|A New Hope]]'' once again returned to Kasyyyk for another Life Day celebration.

===Video games===

In the video game, ''[[Star Wars: Galaxies]]'', players are given the opportunity to explore more thoroughly the Wookiee holiday of Life Day. It's customs are more thoroughly explored, and the player is encouraged to celebrate the holiday around the human time of December. The official site for ''Star Wars: Galaxies'' devotes an entire page to explaining this unique feature of the game. This page can be found [http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Wookiee%20Life%20Day here.]

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